{"id":8433,"date":"2016-03-03T16:37:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T20:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/?p=8433"},"modified":"2016-03-03T16:48:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T20:48:09","slug":"five-fauquier-wineries-mine-the-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hagarty-on-wine.com\/OnWineBlog\/five-fauquier-wineries-mine-the-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Fauquier County wineries mine the gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor\u2019s Cup wine competition recognizes state\u2019s best wines<\/strong><\/p>\n

A panel of world-class judges recently pushed away from their tasting tables and on February 22 announced the winners of the 2016 Virginia Governor\u2019s Cup wine competition. It will come as no surprise to county wine lovers that five Fauquier County wineries walked away with gold medals.<\/p>\n

\"Toni

Toni Kilyk
Granite Heights Winery<\/p><\/div>\n

While the competition has been held for 34 years, in 2012 it was restructured to represent the highest standards of professional wine evaluation in the Nation. To be awarded a gold medal 432 wines were evaluated in preliminary rounds with 130 finalists scrutinized by 15 professional sommeliers, chefs, writers and retailers; only 38 wines were awarded a coveted gold.<\/p>\n

The overall winner of the Governor\u2019s Cup was Keswick Vineyards in Charlottesville for its 2014 Cabernet Franc Reserve.<\/p>\n

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The Fauquier County winners were:
\nDelaplane Cellars<\/strong>:
\n2013 Williams Gap<\/p>\n

Granite Heights Winery<\/strong>:
\n2010 Evening Serenade
\n2010 Lomax Reserve
\n2012 humility<\/p>\n

Naked Mountain Winery<\/strong>:
\n2012 Petit Verdot<\/p>\n

Pearmund Cellars<\/strong>:
\n2013 Chardonnay
\n2013 Petit Verdot<\/p>\n

Vint Hill Craft Winery<\/strong>:
\n2013 Cabernet Sauvignon<\/p>\n

Fauquier\u2019s strong showing reinforces the caliber of wine being produced by winery proprietors. Congratulations to the winners—and all county wineries—for their dedication to the vintner\u2019s art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor\u2019s Cup wine competition recognizes state\u2019s best wines A panel of world-class judges recently pushed away from their tasting tables and on February 22 announced the winners of the 2016 Virginia Governor\u2019s Cup wine competition. It will come as no surprise to county wine lovers that five Fauquier County wineries walked away with gold medals. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[132,881,609,272,251],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n